Counsel

Research and devise innovative legal arguments and potential litigation approaches, managing case or project teams as needed

Recruit and retain clients and plaintiffs engage with outside counsel, co-counsel, and opposition counsel; and represent Protect Democracy in non-litigation external settings (such as coalitions);

Help build our expertise as thought leaders on legal issues within the scope of our mission;

Participate in and manage discovery processes, including informal fact-finding and evidence gathering, document review, witness interviews, written discovery practice, depositions, and expert discovery;

Develop, influence, and drive complex strategies for litigation, policy reform, and other integrated advocacy projects consistent with our mission;

Research, draft, and edit pleadings, motions, and other briefs filed in impact litigation;

Work with the communications team to deliver comms-based strategies to build support for legal theories of change (i.e. including legal memos, primers, editorials, and op-eds);

In coordination with policy advocates, contribute to creative policy solutions and campaigns, working with legislators, agencies, experts, and coalitions to advance them;Contribute to culture-building initiatives across the organization.